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A SMILE AND A TEAR by STEPHEN FRANCIS PRAISNER

First Line: IT TAKES A SMILE TO PULL YOU THROUGH
Last Line: NO MORE TO SHED A TEAR?
Subject(s): WISHES;

It takes a smile to pull you through
No matter how things be,
It takes a heart so kind and true
To make you feel quite free.

A teardrop shows your joy has gone
To destination unaware;
For when once more there comes the dawn
It's all a new affair.

It takes a smile and a tear
To make your way through life;
Good and bad must soon come clear
Despite one's awful strife.

Oh, wish that we could but smile
Each day of every year,
Wouldn't it be worth the while
No more to shed a tear?



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